The Bombay High Court recently took a dig at the Central government's "ease of doing business", and said while it was mindful of the pendency of cases in courts, it was the government that was by far the largest litigant and the one that most often sought adjournments.
A division Bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Kamal Khata, which was on October 5 hearing a petition filed by one Ramkali Gupta in 2016 over property-related issues, said it was no stranger to repeated assertions from the Union government regarding the pendency of cases and impediments allegedly caused by the courts.
The Bench in its order said it was “shocked” to note that Mr. Gupta's petition has been pending for seven years and that since June this year, the plea has been adjourned at the request of the Union Government so that the Additional Solicitor General could appear.
